Impeach Cheney Through H.Res. 333 (Now H.Res. 799) in U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Posted by Web Editor on December 2nd, 2007
Very clearly Bush and Cheney have committed impeachable offenses. The Olympia-based Citizens Movement to Impeach Bush/Cheney and the nationwide After Downing Street have plenty of information. The impeachment movement continues to grow, but some people worry about impeaching Bush and being stuck with Cheney. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) produced a remedy, H.Res. 333, which focuses on impeaching Cheney. Recently H.Res. 333 became H.Res. 799.
On Tuesday November 6, Kucinich raised the impeachment issue directly on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives and requested a floor vote for debate. House Democratic leaders moved to table the bill. Most House Democrats— who are generally very skittish and even negative about impeachment— wanted to table it, but Republicans saw a partisan advantage in forcing Democrats to take the vote about debating whether to impeach Cheney, which they thought would go against impeachment, and would thereby vindicate Cheney. Although 165 Republicans voted with Rep. Kucinich and 85 other brave Democrats to force a debate on impeachment, in the end H.Res. 799 was sent back to the Judiciary Committee on a motion passed with the support of all but 5 Democrats (Kucinich, Bob Filner, Marcy Kaptur, Maxine Waters, and Ed Towns).
People who support impeachment urge people to:
- Contact the House Judiciary Committee at (202) 225-3951 and demand full and thorough hearings on Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s H.Res. 799 (formerly H.Res. 333) to impeach Cheney.
- Urge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders in the House to support impeachment.
- Although the House Judiciary Committee includes nobody from Washington state, it doesn’t hurt to contact Committee members, explain their important nationwide role in protecting the Constitution from Bush and Cheney, and urge immediate hearings on H.Res 799/333.
- Urge your own Congressperson to co-sponsor H.Res. 799/333 and to urge the House Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on it. Brian Baird (3rd Cong.Dist.) has an Olympia office at 120 Union Ave Suite 105, just west of Capitol Way, and has office phone 360-352-9768 and office fax 360-352-9241. Adam Smith (9th Cong.Dist.) has a Tacoma office at 3600 Port of Tacoma Road Suite 106, just north of I-5 between Tacoma and Fife, and has office phone 253-896-3775 and office fax 253-896-3789.
- Write letters to the editor of your local paper, and promote the issue in additional ways.
For more information contact the Olympia-based Citizens Movement to Impeach Bush/Cheney at 360-491-1540 or 360-491-9093, or see their website at: www.CitizensImpeach.org.